Overview of Schedule
A schedule defines time ranges. A policy can reference a schedule to filter traffic that passes through the FW within the schedule.
Periodic schedule
A periodic schedule is a fixed schedule within a week. The schedule occurs periodically at the interval of a week. A periodic schedule is determined by Start time, End time, and Weekly Validity Time.
Both Start time and End time are in hour:minute:second format. Suppose that the schedule starts from 00:00:00 and ends with 23:59:59.
For example, you can set a periodic schedule for employees to access the Internet only at 19:00:00 to 22:00:00 of every Friday.
One-time schedule
A one-time schedule is determined by a specified start and end time. A one-time schedule cannot occur periodically. A one-time schedule is determined by the combination of Start time and End time.
Both Start time and End time are in year/month/day hour:minute:second format. Suppose that the schedule starts from 00:00:00 and ends with 23:59:59.
For example, a one-time schedule can allow employees to access the Internet only from 19:00:00 tonight to 19:00:00 tomorrow evening.
A one-time schedule can have multiple time ranges:
- If you specify only periodic or absolute time ranges, and they are logically OR, all the time ranges are valid. As shown in Figure 1, schedule A has only two absolute time ranges, and both the time ranges are valid.
- If you specify both periodic and absolute time ranges, and they are logically AND, only the intersection of the time ranges is valid. For example, schedule B in Figure 1 has both periodic and absolute time ranges. Only the intersection of the time ranges is valid.
Schedules with different names do not affect each other.
